You don’t need me to tell you the importance of continuing to read diversely, and to make sure that we as a bookish community are amplifying diverse voices and experiences through reading and sharing the stories of minority groups. The best part? Each of these books is as unique as the authors who wrote them and the communities they represent, from Puerto Rico to Cuba, New York to Texas. Because not all people in the Latinx community sound the same, have the same traditions or experiences, you are guaranteed books that will bring to light so much of what makes these exciting and super talented Latinx authors ones to watch.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Girl Meets World star Sabrina Carpenter has officially joined the cast of the upcoming film.

Carpenter, who’s been focusing on her music career since wrapping on Girl Meets World, is set to play a character named Hailey in the forthcoming film. Hailey is described as one of Starr’s (Stenberg) friends from the prep school she attends.

It’s been a pretty big week for casting news with regards to The Hate U Give. Carpenter aside, we learned on Wednesday (August 23) that Insecure star Issa Rae had also joined the cast.

There are few better forms of publicity than landing a spot on the coveted New York Times bestseller list. It’s especially notable when a debut, by a largely unknown author, pulls off such a feat. But for Lani Sarem, whose new novel Handbook for Mortals hit #1 on the newspaper’s YA hardcover list, it’s been a brief, controversial perch at the top. Her achievement caused a firestorm on social media, with members of the young adult writing community claiming the book’s sales had been manipulated to force it onto the list. The outcry resulted in the Times backtracking, and removing the title from its list.